12 Facts About Eoin Colfer

Eoin Colfer is an Irish author of children's books.

Eoin Colfer worked as a primary school teacher before he became a full-time writer.

Eoin Colfer is best known for being the author of the Artemis Fowl series.

Eoin Colfer served as Laureate na nOg between 2014 and 2016.

Eoin Colfer graduated from the University of Dublin with a bachelor's degree in Education.

Eoin Colfer attained worldwide recognition in 2001, when the first Artemis Fowl book became a New York Times Best Seller.

In January 2008, Eoin Colfer published a book titled Airman, another best-seller.

Eoin Colfer's books have received many awards, including the British Children's Book of the Year, The Irish Book Awards Children's Book of the Year and The German Children's Book of the Year.

Eoin Colfer contributed three volumes to this series of books by several writers, for very young readers.

Adams' widow, Jane Belson, and the literary agency that manages Adams' estate asked Eoin Colfer to write another book, as Adams had intended to add to the series, agreeing that the end to the fifth book was "very bleak".

In 2015, it was announced that Eoin Colfer was working on an adult graphic novel called Illegal with Andrew Donkin and Giovanni Rigano, the team behind the Artemis Fowl graphic novels.

Eoin Colfer confirmed this in a video to Artemis Fowl Confidential, and spoke with RTE Radio 1 about meeting Branagh several times to discuss the film prior to the announcement.